Eldad Tarmu is a vibraphonist

Vibraphonist

Notable players of the vibraphone include:* Peter Appleyard* Roy Ayers* Karl Berger* Jeff Berman* Jack Brokensha* Larry Bunker* Christian Burchard* Rusty Burge* Gary Burton* Joe Chambers* Teddy Charles* Salem Chiles* John Cocuzzi* Monte Croft...

 and composer born in 1960 in Los Angeles, California. He is currently a professor of Jazz Studies at the “Richard Oschanitzky” Jazz Faculty, Tibiscus University, in Timişoara

Timisoara

Timișoara is the capital city of Timiș County, in western Romania. One of the largest Romanian cities, with an estimated population of 311,586 inhabitants , and considered the informal capital city of the historical region of Banat, Timișoara is the main social, economic and cultural center in the...

, Romania

Romania

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Biography

Eldad studied at Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University is a public university located in Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. With nearly 30,000 students, TAU is Israel's largest university.-History:...

 in Israel and holds a Masters Degree in Afro/Latin music from California State University

California State University

The California State University is a public university system in the state of California. It is one of three public higher education systems in the state, the other two being the University of California system and the California Community College system. It is incorporated as The Trustees of the...

 Los Angeles.

He established a partnership in 2006 with the American Cultural Centre in Bucharest

Bucharest

Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....

 for the purpose of improving cultural ties between Bulgaria and the United States and promoting American music.

Career

Eldad has recorded and performed with some of the most significant figures in their musical genres including: Pancho Sanchez, Ernie Watts

Ernie Watts

Ernest James "Ernie" Watts is an American jazz and rhythm and blues musician. He plays saxophone and flute. He might be best known for his work with Charlie Haden's Quartet West and his Grammy Awards as an instrumentalist...

, Taj Mahal, Cybil Shepherd, Freddie Hubbard

Freddie Hubbard

Frederick Dewayne "Freddie" Hubbard was an American jazz trumpeter. He was known primarily for playing in the bebop, hard bop and post bop styles from the early 1960s and on...

, Billie Higgins, Frank Morgan and Ron Affif

Ron Affif

Ron Affif is an American jazz guitarist of mixed Lebanese and Italian origin. He is the son of boxing welterweight and middleweight fighter Charley Zivic who being a jazz fan initiated him in music...

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He has performed in 25 countries around the world in various festivals and concert tours. He has recorded six albums:

• Aluminum Forest
• Get Up Close
• Exotic Tales
• Visits
• Farewell St. George
• Songs for the Queen of Bohemia.

Get Up Close was number 20 on the US Jazz radio charts for four straight weeks. His latest CD, Songs for the Queen of Bohemia, features a string quartet from the Timisoara Philharmonic

Banatul Philharmonic of Timişoara

The Banatul Philharmonic is a musical institution in Timişoara, Romania. It comprises a symphony orchestra, professional chorus, and various chamber groups....

 and Israeli drummer Yoni Halevy. This eclectic project crosses jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 and Middle Eastern

Middle Eastern music

The music of Western Asia and North Africa spans across a vast region, from Morocco to Afghanistan, and its influences can be felt even further afield. Middle Eastern music influenced the music of India, as well as Central Asia, Spain, Southern Italy, the Caucasus and the Balkans, as in chalga...

 with chamber

Chamber music

Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...

ensemble arrangements.